I imagine they'll be cleaned from behind, but what about the kite things themselves?

Some materials - stone, brick, wood, age nicely when left exposed. Some others don't seem to age at all. Others start looking tatty and a little bit shit, especially glass used for structures which nobody intends to clean such as entrance awnings. Our local library has one which is only a few years old but already displays a wonderful collection of general crap from the skies.

I think it would benefit us all hugely if architects included a representation of what the building would look like after 50 years, or what it would look like on a morning like today - grey and wet... If it can cheer us up during such weather, surely it's a nice thing to have around.

I did like this image. If you look carefully, in the future, homosexuals from arabia will be able to meet up after a hard day in the office and hug and kiss without having to make use of the taller bushes in the garden.

(Only slightly joking. It's not actually that funny that were this thing to happen in real life in much of the world, the two gentlemen would be getting into serious trouble).

You're both missing the point. Of course I know that the stock image is uncontroversial because it is taken merely to represent two men exchanging a platonic greeting. I was making a joke about them being gay, but the serious point is that the embrace wouldn't have featured at all had it not been two 'kuwaiti men greeting each other "normally" '.

The point I'm making is that you would be hard pressed to find such architectural drawings featuring two men holding hands or greeting each other as lovers... It's unlikely that even gay westerners would be portrayed in such mockups, which is understandable when so much development is being funded by states with an overtly homophobic worldview.

Ballymore is in negotiations with the Netherlands and another, as yet unnamed, country for two new UK embassies in the Nine Elms regeneration area in Wandsworth.

With the new US embassy already under construction at the site, this would create a total of three new embassies at Ballymore’s Embassy Gardens scheme.

The Dutch embassy will be developed next to the £500m US embassy.

The Netherlands is understood to be close to finalising the agreement with Ballymore and an announcement is expected later this month.Ballymore is in negotiations with the Netherlands and another, as yet unnamed, country for two new UK embassies in the Nine Elms regeneration area in Wandsworth.

With the new US embassy already under construction at the site, this would create a total of three new embassies at Ballymore’s Embassy Gardens scheme.

The Dutch embassy will be developed next to the £500m US embassy.

The Netherlands is understood to be close to finalising the agreement with Ballymore and an announcement is expected later this month.

If these new embassies are architecturally ambitious (which they can and should be in this area) then we could be seeing a unique cluster of really special architecture in Nine Elms. I'm really excited about this area.

Ye, I was thinking Germany, no idea why though. Hope it is, as I imagine they would design a nice building. The Netherlands is my favourite mainland European country, but not sure what their budget will be, compared to the USA and Germany.

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